100 Devotions, 100 Bible Songs
By Stephen Elkins
It is important to teach children the importance of personal and family devotions from a young age.
God is so important in our lives and we can learn so much about Him through Bible study.
The things I like about this book:
The music included -- there are 100 songs presented with catchy tunes!
The devotions teach so many valuable life lessons!
The colorful illustrations!
The coordinating devotions with the songs!
The one thing I would like different would be King James Version memory verses. There are a few, but I really feel that it is actually easier to understand, and it has stood the test of time as the Bible for English speaking people.
This is such an amazing book to me! So many songs and devotions!
I feel it is so important that parents spend time with their children and read to them.
Fort Rock Family Camp
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Filled with God's Love!
Smack Dab in the Middle of God's Love
By: Brennan Manning
I enjoyed reading this book! The illustrations are so colorful, and the words themselves draw mental pictures in my mind!
It is so wonderful that when we accept God's love for us, he fills us like honey in a soppapilla! What a difference salvation makes in our lives.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross, to bear our penalty of death -- the result of our sin against God. Oh, what a Saviour, what love for us!
I am so glad to be smack dab in the middle of God's love!
By: Brennan Manning
I enjoyed reading this book! The illustrations are so colorful, and the words themselves draw mental pictures in my mind!
It is so wonderful that when we accept God's love for us, he fills us like honey in a soppapilla! What a difference salvation makes in our lives.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross, to bear our penalty of death -- the result of our sin against God. Oh, what a Saviour, what love for us!
I am so glad to be smack dab in the middle of God's love!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Enjoyable!
Sweet Sanctuary
by Sheila Walsh and Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
I enjoyed reading this story! What a difference the truth makes!
Sometimes we have to be shaken out of our comfort zone so we can be blessed!
I highly recommend this book! We should remember that children remember how we treat them, and what we do and say not only influence them now, but after they grow up these things affect how they feel about and treat us.
I would be interested in reading more books by these authors!
by Sheila Walsh and Cindy Martinusen-Coloma
I enjoyed reading this story! What a difference the truth makes!
Sometimes we have to be shaken out of our comfort zone so we can be blessed!
I highly recommend this book! We should remember that children remember how we treat them, and what we do and say not only influence them now, but after they grow up these things affect how they feel about and treat us.
I would be interested in reading more books by these authors!
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
I Believe in Creation!
It Couldn't Just Happen
Knowing the Truth about God's Awesome Creation
by Lawrence O. Richards
I Believe in a literal 6 day creation. God is not limited by time or space and he spoke the world into existence! This book is a great science book that tells how special we are as God's own creation, not just a happenstance. I really like the neat illustrations and the explanations about how we function by God's design and how different creations need each other to exist.
One thing I would change is using the King James Version of the Bible for references. It would have meant more to me to use familiar passages that I understand and love.
This book was well researched and I am excited to have a source of information that doesn't base the "facts" on a theory-- evolution. I am frustrated at the nature programs offered that just assume evolution as fact.
Wake up and think for yourself, don't listen to people refer to billions of years as if they were there. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Knowing the Truth about God's Awesome Creation
by Lawrence O. Richards
I Believe in a literal 6 day creation. God is not limited by time or space and he spoke the world into existence! This book is a great science book that tells how special we are as God's own creation, not just a happenstance. I really like the neat illustrations and the explanations about how we function by God's design and how different creations need each other to exist.
One thing I would change is using the King James Version of the Bible for references. It would have meant more to me to use familiar passages that I understand and love.
This book was well researched and I am excited to have a source of information that doesn't base the "facts" on a theory-- evolution. I am frustrated at the nature programs offered that just assume evolution as fact.
Wake up and think for yourself, don't listen to people refer to billions of years as if they were there. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Genesis 1:1
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Life Lessons
Billy Graham In Quotes
By Franklin Graham
A well written book presenting quotes of Dr. Graham on a wide variety of topics and issues. I feel if everyone would study this book that we would have a much better society.
I appreciate Dr. Graham's ministry and that he is still involved in ministry at his age and with his health issues. I feel that the book would have been better with KJV references, I am saddened that we seem to have drifted away from using this text that has lasted for 400 years.
I appreciate all the effort that it took to compile and document the quotes from his sermons and books. Much wisdom can be gained through the study of this book!
By Franklin Graham
A well written book presenting quotes of Dr. Graham on a wide variety of topics and issues. I feel if everyone would study this book that we would have a much better society.
I appreciate Dr. Graham's ministry and that he is still involved in ministry at his age and with his health issues. I feel that the book would have been better with KJV references, I am saddened that we seem to have drifted away from using this text that has lasted for 400 years.
I appreciate all the effort that it took to compile and document the quotes from his sermons and books. Much wisdom can be gained through the study of this book!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Courage!
Reluctant Queen
by Joan Wolf
My favorite part of this book is the fact that the author showed that Esther's life fulfilled the purpose God had for her, and that God can use us too!
I rarely read fiction based on Bible stories because I want to keep my facts straight. The author didn't base this story just on the facts--the Bible, but used secular history and her own imagination. The story was very compelling and the characters were very believable. You felt the anxiety and betrayal in the climax. I would recommend that all who read this would do as I have done and later read the Biblical account, so you can readjust the facts in your mind.
"For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"Esther 4:14
I hope that I can be like Esther and fulfill the purpose God has for me!
by Joan Wolf
My favorite part of this book is the fact that the author showed that Esther's life fulfilled the purpose God had for her, and that God can use us too!
I rarely read fiction based on Bible stories because I want to keep my facts straight. The author didn't base this story just on the facts--the Bible, but used secular history and her own imagination. The story was very compelling and the characters were very believable. You felt the anxiety and betrayal in the climax. I would recommend that all who read this would do as I have done and later read the Biblical account, so you can readjust the facts in your mind.
"For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"Esther 4:14
I hope that I can be like Esther and fulfill the purpose God has for me!
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Hard Times!
Spring for Susannah
by Catherine Richmond
A very good book set in the pioneer era about a city girl becoming a farm wife. I was caught by the story and pulled for the characters through hard times and was not ready for the story to end. One thing I didn't care about was a discussion with a doctor on birth control. I felt the story could have been better without such crude discussion.
Overall the characters were described so well you felt like you knew them. I would be interested in reading more books by this author. I would like to visit this pioneer community, but only for a few hours, I am too spoiled to modern conveniences.
by Catherine Richmond
A very good book set in the pioneer era about a city girl becoming a farm wife. I was caught by the story and pulled for the characters through hard times and was not ready for the story to end. One thing I didn't care about was a discussion with a doctor on birth control. I felt the story could have been better without such crude discussion.
Overall the characters were described so well you felt like you knew them. I would be interested in reading more books by this author. I would like to visit this pioneer community, but only for a few hours, I am too spoiled to modern conveniences.
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